Lobby for Oxford
8/16/2016
Herzog & de Meuron’s new building in Oxford captivates visitors with its purist selection of colors and materials, as well as the comfortable furnishings including chairs by Wilkhahn.
Werner Sauer
Werner Sauer
Products by Werner Sauer
Biography
1950 Born in Iserlohn
1970-74 Graduated in industrial Design at the Folkwangschule für Gestaltung, Gesamthochschule Hessen
1974-77 Graduated in the Faculty of Experimental Design at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Br
aunschweig. Parallel to this: freelance work for Krups, Solingen
1977-93 Designer at Wilkhahn, after 1985 in wiege, Wilkhahn Entwicklungsgesellschaft
Planning and design of office chair ranges, conference chairs and tables, desking, lounge seat
ing; design and realization of exhibitions and publications, as well as graphic work on Wilkhahns corporate identity; lectures and training
1994 Establishment of a design studio in Springe
Planning and design of seating, conference tables, syste
m tables, as well as desking for office applications, seating and workplace furniture for workshops and factories, seating and accessoires for public areas, furniture for domestic applications, and corporate identities and graphic documents
1994 Appo
intment as professor of product design at the Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden
2000 Dean of the Faculty of Design at the Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden
Member of the Deutscher Werkbund
